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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Is Washiington setting the world on the path to war?

Why is Washington so opposed to Crimean self-determination? The answer
is that one of the main purposes of Washington's coup in Kiev was to
have the new puppet government evict Russia from its Black Sea naval
base in Crimea. Washington cannot use the government Washington has
installed in Ukraine for that purpose if Crimea is no longer part of
Ukraine.

What Washington has made completely obvious is that
"self-determination" is a weapon used by Washington on behalf of its
agenda. If self-determination advances Washington's agenda, Washington
is for it. If self-determination does not advance Washington's agenda,
Washington is against it.

The Washington-initiated UN Security Council resolution, vetoed by
Russia, falsely declares that the referendum in Crimea, a referendum
demanded by the people, "can have no validity, and cannot form the basis
for any alteration of the status of Crimea; and calls upon all States,
international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize
any alteration of the status of Crimea on the basis of this referendum
and to refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as
recognizing any such altered status."

Washington could not make it any clearer that Washington totally opposes self-determination by Crimeans.

Washington claims, falsely, that the referendum cannot be valid
unless the entire population of Ukraine votes and agrees with the
decision by Crimeans. Note that when Washington stole Kosovo from
Serbia, Washington did not let Serbians vote.

But overlook Washington's rank hypocrisy and self-serving
double-standards. Let's apply Washington's argument that in order to be
valid, any change in Crimea's status requires a vote on the part of the
population of the country that it departs. If this is the case, then
Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine....MORE HERE.

“In the councils of government we must guard against
the acquisition of power, whether sought or unsought,
by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties and democratic processes.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower
from his final address to the nation
January 17, 1961

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
--Thomas Jefferson